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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (August 20, 2024)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

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Put Down Your Phone and Watch Those Texts: New Regulations Impacting Your Outreach to Customers, Clients and Contacts

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The speed, sophistication, and ease of a company’s communications or outreach with and to their customers or clients only continues to get better and better. Just ask your marketing and sales teams about the new technology or...more

Perkins Coie

AI-Generated Deepfakes and the Emerging Legal Landscape

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As artificial intelligence (AI) technology becomes ubiquitous, news stories regarding the use (and abuse) of deepfakes—that is, AI-generated media used to impersonate real individuals—are increasingly common. For example,...more

Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak

In Compliance: Holtzman Vogel's February 2024 Round-up

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The FCC issued a Declaratory Ruling on February 8 to ensure that telephone calls that use artificial intelligence (AI) to generate or mimic human voices are treated as “robocalls” for purposes of the Telephone Consumer...more

Troutman Pepper

First Post-Facebook Appeal Makes Its Way to Supreme Court

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More than two years after the Supreme Court released its ruling in Facebook v. Duguid, confirming the meaning of automatic telephone dialing systems (ATDS) under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), a plaintiff has...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Facebook and U.S. Government Submit Final Briefs in Supreme Court ATDS Fight, Oral Argument to Follow

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This week, Facebook and the United States government filed responses to Plaintiff’s brief in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, the Supreme Court case that promises to resolve the circuit-splitting uncertainty over what does and does...more

Williams Mullen

[Webinar] CLE Institute - Advertising and Customer Engagement in the Digital Age - November 12th, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm ET

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Social media and influencers. Online feedback and electronic oversight. Data protection and privacy. Managing the legal issues surrounding doing business online is a significant concern for many in-house counsel. Join us for...more

BakerHostetler

AD-ttorneys@law – July 2020 #3

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Bumble Settles over Multistate Dating Lawsuit - Company allegedly renewed services without consent - All the Young Dudes - For a while there, online dating was beginning to look IRLish. ...more

Burr & Forman

Suttles v. Facebook, Inc. The ATDS Debate Continues but a Texas District Court Provides Hope for the Industry in The Fifth Circuit

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The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals may now have to decide where it stands on the ATDS issue.  On May 20, 2020, Judge Lee Yeakel of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas issued an opinion in...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Stay ADvised: What's New This Week

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Truth In Advertising Says “Your Super” Is Running Afoul of FDA - Another day, another supplement company violating FDA rules, at least according to a recent investigation conducted by TruthInAdvertising.org (TINA)....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Ninth Circuit Reaffirms Its Broad Definition of ATDS in TCPA ; Rules Government Debt Exception Unconstitutional

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A unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Duguid v. Facebook, Inc., has reaffirmed the broad reading of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA) definition of an automatic...more

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AD-ttorneys@law

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In This Issue: - Puppies Don’t Bring Grandma Home, Says CARU - Influencer Sued for Failure to Influence - FTC Settles With Anti-Diabetes Supplement Company - Ad Agencies Off the Bid-Rigging Hook - Consent Confusion...more

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AD-ttorneys@law

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In This Issue: - PopSugar Earns the Ire of Two New Fashionistas - Trader Joe’s Alkaline Water Gets the Class Action Hose - Freeze! Drop That Voicemail! - IAB Blockchain Group Helps Technology Come of Age - Six-Year...more

Verrill

Things That Make You Go Hmmmm - Commercial Co-Ventures and Sweepstakes Promotions

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Remember that song in the ‘90s from the C+C Music Factory called “Things That Make You Go Hmmm….” I guess I did when I came across some recent promotions. Perhaps these practice tips will stay with you longer than C+C’s 15...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - April 2018 #2

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Pipeline Companies Targeted by Cyber-Attacks - Reports show that U.S. energy companies reported more than 350 cybersecurity incidents to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security between 2011 and 2015. Pipeline companies are...more

Baker Donelson

Keeping Your Social Media Contests Compliant

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Let's say that your marketing department plans to launch a product promotion through dedicated software applications (apps), the Internet, and/or social media, primarily accessed by the target audience on hand-held mobile...more

Jones Day

Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 16

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UNITED STATES - Regulatory—Policy, Best Practices, and Standards - United States and China Renew Promise Not to Hack - On October 4, U.S. and Chinese officials agreed to not engage in targeted hacking. Per a...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Retail and Consumer Products Law Roundup - November 2017

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Social Media, Behavior Policies Tossed by NLRB ALJ - Why it matters - Prohibiting social media activity by employees that “reflect[s] poorly” on the employer violates the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), an...more

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Retail and Consumer Products Law Roundup - February 2017

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Ninth Circuit Tackles Several TCPA Issues in Gym Texting Case - Why it matters: Retailers communicate with their customers frequently as an essential part of their business. While these communications are typically...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Socially Aware: The Social Media Law Update Volume 7, Issue 6

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Commercializing user-Generated Content: Five risk reduction strategies - We’re in the midst of a seismic shift in how companies interact with user-generated content (UGC). For years, companies were happy simply to...more

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Everalbum's User Referral Program Compliant Under TCPA

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Photo sharing and storage app Everalbum, and other social media apps that send SMS invitations to a user’s contacts to download the app only at the user’s direction comply with all applicable laws, according to the courts and...more

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TCPA Connect - August 2016

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FCC Issues Report and Order on Budget Act Exemptions - On August 11, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission issued a Report and Order implementing Section 301 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, which amended the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Facebook argues Motion to Dismiss in ‘happy birthday’ message campaign TCPA class action

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On April 25, 2016, Facebook Inc. (Facebook) pled with a California federal judge, asking that the court dismiss the claims filed against the social media giant for its alleged Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

FTC Highlights FDCPA Risks for Debt Collectors Using Social Media, Texts

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently published a reminder to debt collectors of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) compliance risks that are created by the use of social media or text messages in connection...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

‘Happy Birthday to you,’ Facebook hit with class action over text message reminders

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“Today is [Facebook friend’s] birthday. Reply to post a wish on her Timeline or reply with 1 to post ‘Happy Birthday!’” Facebook, Inc. (Facebook) faces a class action in California federal court for alleged violations of the...more

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